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Engineering Design Session.2

The document outlines the roles of clients, users, and designers in the design process, emphasizing the importance of understanding both client objectives and user needs. It describes engineering design as a systematic process that generates solutions while adhering to constraints. Additionally, it highlights the significance of metrics and specifications in the design process.

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Engineering Design Session.2

The document outlines the roles of clients, users, and designers in the design process, emphasizing the importance of understanding both client objectives and user needs. It describes engineering design as a systematic process that generates solutions while adhering to constraints. Additionally, it highlights the significance of metrics and specifications in the design process.

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Engineering

DESIGN
HOW IS
DESIGN BORN?
CLIENT

USER DESIGNER
Design roles!

Designer
User • The designer job is to solve
the clint problem in a way
Client
the meets user’s need. • Motivates/starts the
• User is a key player in the design process.
design process. • Designer has to understand
what both the clint and the • Acts on behalf of the
• Will employ or operate user.
whatever is designed. user want and need.
• Internal/External
Designer:
Develop the User: Public
specifications Set the • The public can be
as per REQUIREMENTS impacted by designs,
requirements not just direct users.
• Identifying all affected
parties is key to
Client: addressing ethical
Set the issues, e.g. safety,
objectives that environmental impact,
the designer medical trials, ... etc.
must clarify
Designers can work on anything from small components to large
systems, depending on the project size. In large projects, some designers
focus on specific details (e.g., bridge abutments or airplane fuel tanks),
while others handle the bigger picture.
Every design starts with a
concept
Detailed Design
SAME CONCEPT, DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS!

Ergonomics Application

Aesthetic Cost

Cultural Safety
context
Engineering Design
Engineering design is a systematic, intelligent
process in which engineers generate,
evaluate, and specify SOLUTIONS for devices,
systems, or processes whose form(s) and
FUNCTIONS(s) achieve clients’ OBJECTIVES
and users’ needs while satisfying a specified
set of CONSTRAINTS.

Design Process is open-ended and ill-


structured process!
Design Design Design Design
Objectives Constraint function Mean
WHAT IS METRICS?

EXAMPLES
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WHAT IS SPECIFICATIONS?

EXAMPLES
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Exercise

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